5 years after COVID: Understanding its long-term health effects

‘Something was wrong with my brain’: How covid leaves its mark on cognition

Five years after the pandemic began, the neurocognitive effects of long covid are numerous and troubling. And some may extend to people who quickly recovered.

COVID-19's impact still felt 5 years later in the way we get sick

Many people around the world divide their lives into two parts: pre- and post-pandemic. The spread of COVID-19 five years ago impacted people around the world.

Doctors suddenly register an enormous increase in pneumonia. Older people with pre-diseases have the highest risk of mortality.

5 years after COVID: Understanding its long-term health effects

By Sowjanya Pedada Click here for updates on this story     3/25/25 (LAPost.com) — It’s been five years since COVID-19 was classified as a global pandemic. While life goes on for most people, millions still face ongoing health problems from the virus. Initially, doctors assumed COVID-19 only caused breathing issues. Now, doctors have since learned it has long-lasting health issues in various parts of our body. COVID-19 makes breathing hard and r…

Symptoms of long-COVID can last up to two years after infection with COVID-19 - Scientific Inquirer

23% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 between 2021 and 2023 developed long-COVID, and in more than half of them the symptoms persisted for two years. These are the main conclusions of a study conducted by ISGlobal, a centre supported by the ”la Caixa” Foundation, and in collaboration with the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), as part of the European END-VOC project. The risk of developing long-COVID depends on several factors, ac…

In Mexico there is no record of the number of patients living with persistent covid, a disease that Zaria calls 'the pandemic within the pandemic'.